# public land (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 18 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover public land. Page: Feed: --- ## [Then it was Wolves – Now it’s Grizzlies](https://thewildlifenews.substack.com/p/then-it-was-wolves-now-its-grizzlies) _2026-08-21 · The Wildlife News · The Wildlife News_ by Dr. John Carter ## [Three Days After Roadless Rule Rescission Proposal, Trump Administration Eases Restrictions for Motorized Traffic in National Forests](https://ourpubliclandsandwaters.substack.com/p/three-days-after-roadless-rule-rescission) _2026-08-21 · Our Public Lands & Waters · Our Public Lands & Waters_ Allowing more roads and more motor vehicles is aimed at one thing: more logging ## [ICE stonewalled us.](https://senatorhickenlooper.substack.com/p/ice-stonewalled-us) _2026-08-21 · Senator John Hickenlooper · Senator Hickenlooper's Giddy Up-Date Newsletter_ ICE and their contractors are totally out of control. ## [Trump attacks Roadless Rule, again](https://www.landdesk.org/p/trump-attacks-roadless-rule-again) _2026-08-21 · Jonathan P. Thompson · The Land Desk_ Plus: Hoback Report on the Traffic Apocalypse ## [The Forest Service’s own review finds repealing the Roadless Rule could increase wildfire risk and harm communities](https://westwise.substack.com/p/the-forest-services-own-review-finds) _2026-08-21 · kate groetzinger · Westwise_ The Trump administration wants you to believe repealing the 2001 Roadless Rule is about wildfire safety and local control. Its own environmental review says otherwise. ## [Transforming Britain’s Old Coalfields Into Clean Energy Sources](https://reasonstobecheerful.world/mine-water-heat-gateshead/) _2026-08-21 · Oliver Gordon · Reasons to be Cheerful_ In the town of Gateshead in North East England, coal mining runs thick in the blood. Up to the final coup de grâce delivered by Margaret Thatcher’s coal purge in the 1980s, Gateshead had been tapping its dark subterranean seams as far back as 1344, when packhorses conveyed “sea coal”... The post Transforming Britain’s Old Coalfields Into Clean Energy Sources appeared first on Reasons to be… ## [Study Finds Ungrazed Sierra Nevada Meadow Healthier Than Livestock-Grazed Meadows](https://westernwatersheds.substack.com/p/study-finds-ungrazed-sierra-nevada) _2026-08-20 · Western Watersheds Project · Western Watersheds Project_ Recovery on ungrazed meadow in the Sequoia Nation Forest shows remarkable resilience to aid golden trout streams ## [The Spanish Town Doing Capitalism Better](https://reasonstobecheerful.world/mondragon-cooperatives-spain/) _2026-08-20 · Peter Yeung · Reasons to be Cheerful_ There are all kinds of enormous, impressive and, frankly, noisy machines at work across the 20,000 square meters of industrial warehouses at the headquarters of Fagor Arrasate, a manufacturing company in Spain’s northern Basque Country. Here, a team of engineers is constructing machines that can put together household appliances like... The post The Spanish Town Doing Capitalism Better appeared… ## [Wallace Stegner’s “Wilderness Letter” Is the Perfect Inspiration For Writing Your Own Comment to Protect Public Lands](https://ourpubliclandsandwaters.substack.com/p/wallace-stegners-wilderness-letter) _2026-08-19 · Our Public Lands & Waters · Our Public Lands & Waters_ Stegner’s now-iconic letter was also a public comment, urging officials to protect wild places from road building and development ## [Restoration of Riparian Areas Could Act As Natural Fire Breaks](https://thewildlifenews.substack.com/p/restoration-of-riparian-areas-could) _2026-08-19 · The Wildlife News · The Wildlife News_ by George Wuerthner ## [Home Internet From Space (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/EtfKmBOHAtOo) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Residential satellite internet that brings connectivity to homes beyond conventional networks ## [The Trapper Who Should Know Better](https://westernwatersheds.substack.com/p/the-trapper-who-should-know-better) _2026-08-19 · Western Watersheds Project · Western Watersheds Project_ Bill Nelson has killed another endangered Mexican gray wolf. Once again, authorities treated it as an accident and declined to prosecute. ## [What We’re Reading: Should Short Flights Be Banned?](https://reasonstobecheerful.world/what-were-reading-trains-over-planes/) _2026-08-19 · RTBC Staff · Reasons to be Cheerful_ Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Tell us what you’ve been reading at info@reasonstobecheerful.world and we just might feature it here. On track Do you really need to fly from Paris to Bordeaux? Not when there’s a train that can get you there... The post What We’re Reading: Should Short Flights Be Banned? appeared first on Reasons to be… ## [BREAKING: USDA Moves to Bulldoze Last Unroaded Forests in America](https://morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-usda-moves-to-bulldoze-last) _2026-08-18 · Jim Pattiz · More Than Just Parks_ Ninety percent of wildfires start within a half mile of a road. The proposal is to build more of them. ## [Forest Service Moves to Rescind the Roadless Rule in Its Entirety](https://ourpubliclandsandwaters.substack.com/p/forest-service-moves-to-rescind-the) _2026-08-18 · Our Public Lands & Waters · Our Public Lands & Waters_ Trump administration rescission would open 44 million acres of public lands and waters to road building and industrial logging ## [Trump Admin Continues Attack on Roadless Wildlands](https://oregonwild.org/2026-roadless-rule-comment-period/) _2026-08-18 · Arran Robertson · Oregon Wild_ Over 99% of public comments opposed rescinding the Roadless rule. The post Trump Admin Continues Attack on Roadless Wildlands appeared first on Oregon Wild . ## [BREAKING!! The Boundary Waters Needed A Hero - Thank God For Tim Walz!](https://ryandbusse.substack.com/p/breaking-the-boundary-waters-needed) _2026-08-18 · Ryan Busse · Montana Dispatch -Truth, Beauty & Resistance - by Ryan Busse_ MN Gov Walz Issues Executive Order That Will Slow Twin Metals Mine ## [The ‘Sisterhood’ Protecting Indonesia’s Coral Reefs](https://reasonstobecheerful.world/saving-indonesias-coral-reefs-by-empowering-women/) _2026-08-18 · Geetanjali Krishna · Reasons to be Cheerful_ When she was 21, Gabriela Nathania H dove underwater with a cohort of four strangers off the coast of Gili Air. The tiny island is one of three that make up the Gili Islands, an archipelago that divers the world over admire for their incredible marine biodiversity. But on that... The post The ‘Sisterhood’ Protecting Indonesia’s Coral Reefs appeared first on Reasons to be Cheerful . ## [Save the Humpback Chub!](https://www.landdesk.org/p/save-the-humpback-chub) _2026-08-18 · Jonathan P. Thompson · The Land Desk_ Mining claims filed in shrunken Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante ## [Save the Humpback Chub!](https://www.landdesk.org/p/save-the-humpback-chub) _2026-08-18 · Jonathan P. Thompson · The Land Desk_ Mining claims filed in shrunken Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante ## [Public Domain Again Sues Trump Administration](https://www.publicdomain.media/p/public-domain-again-sues-trump-administration-foia-budd-falen-interior-department) _2026-08-18 · Public Domain · Public Domain_ The lawsuit seeks public records related to scandal-plagued Interior Department official Karen Budd-Falen ## [International money transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/PBfarSgjl8jy) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Send money to other countries and manage multi‑currency balances online. ## [Four-and-a-Half Cents a Day — Then We Pay to Kill the Wolves](https://thewildlifenews.substack.com/p/four-and-a-half-cents-a-day-then) _2026-08-18 · The Wildlife News · The Wildlife News_ by Jonathan Ratner - Sage Steppe Wild ## [Trump Administration Halts Border Work In Big Bend National Park As Outrage Grows](https://www.publicdomain.media/p/trump-pause-border-work-big-bend-national-park) _2026-08-17 · Roque Planas · Public Domain_ The commissioner of Customs and Border Protection Commissioner will visit the beloved Texas park to conduct an evaluation and meet with stakeholders. ## [What Fighting Back Actually Looks Like](https://morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/what-fighting-back-actually-looks) _2026-08-17 · Jim Pattiz · More Than Just Parks_ In an old cottonwood tree in Arizona a small group of Americans are doing what lawsuits and letters couldn't. ## [Traveling Doctors Are Filling the Gaps in Rural France](https://reasonstobecheerful.world/france-medical-deserts-traveling-doctors/) _2026-08-17 · Peter Yeung · Reasons to be Cheerful_ At the end of 2020, Dr. Jean-Luc Bernard, a family doctor who had been caring for the community in Ajain, France, for over 40 years, finally hung up his stethoscope and retired. It was not easy to convince a new general practitioner to settle down in the town of 1,000... The post Traveling Doctors Are Filling the Gaps in Rural France appeared first on Reasons to be Cheerful . ## [It's The Data Centers, Stupid](https://ryandbusse.substack.com/p/its-the-data-centers-stupid) _2026-08-16 · Ryan Busse · Montana Dispatch -Truth, Beauty & Resistance - by Ryan Busse_ Political Realignment Is At Hand If Dems Will Just Grab It ## [Big Bend was supposed to be an International Peace Park](https://nationalparkhistory.substack.com/p/big-bend-was-supposed-to-be-an-international) _2026-08-16 · Will C. De Man · National Park History_ Bulldozers in Big Bend violate both the environment and the original vision for the national park. ## [Montana’s Wolf Policy: Broad Killing, Narrow Benefits](https://thewildlifenews.substack.com/p/montanas-wolf-policy-broad-killing) _2026-08-15 · The Wildlife News · The Wildlife News_ by Dr. John Carter ## [Bulldozers Plow Through Big Bend National Park As Trump’s Border Work Surges Ahead](https://www.publicdomain.media/p/bulldozers-big-bend-border-wall) _2026-08-14 · Roque Planas · Public Domain_ Video footage shows heavy machinery operating in the famous Santa Elena Canyon amid outcry over new border infrastructure in Texas's most beloved park. ## [Glen Canyon Dam hydropower: What's it good for?](https://www.landdesk.org/p/glen-canyon-dam-hydropower-whats) _2026-08-14 · Jonathan P. Thompson · The Land Desk_ Plus: A deeper look at the West's energy mix ## [Javelinas, not invaders](https://nationalparkhistory.substack.com/p/javelinas-not-invaders) _2026-08-14 · Will C. De Man · National Park History_ Not everything that creeps out of the brushline towards your campsite is an invader. ## [Build with the cheapest GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2bVyq20h8qYf) _2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_ Deployed a live API in minutes; one user spent under $10. ## [More American Dads Are Taking Parental Leave](https://reasonstobecheerful.world/american-dads-parental-leave/) _2026-08-14 · Bryce Covert · Reasons to be Cheerful_ This story first appeared at The 74, a nonprofit news site covering education. Sign up for free newsletters from The 74 to get more like this in your inbox. A.J. Johnson’s oldest son was born in 2019, the year before residents of his home state of Washington could receive benefits... The post More American Dads Are Taking Parental Leave appeared first on Reasons to be Cheerful . ## [Proposed Sheep Creek Rare-Earth Mine Threatens Montana's Bitterroot River and Over 1,400 Farm Families](https://ourpubliclandsandwaters.substack.com/p/proposed-sheep-creek-rare-earth-mine) _2026-08-14 · Our Public Lands & Waters · Our Public Lands & Waters_ It's officially a modest exploration proposal, but locals see it as the opening move toward an industrial mine in the headwaters of one of Montana’s great trout rivers ## [The Fourth Wave of American Conservationism is Washing Ashore Now](https://morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/the-fourth-wave-of-american-conservationism) _2026-08-13 · Will Pattiz · More Than Just Parks_ Through the destruction a ripple of hope rings out. ## [Back Room Deals and Dead Bears](https://thewildlifenews.substack.com/p/back-room-deals-and-dead-bears) _2026-08-13 · The Wildlife News · The Wildlife News_ by Dr. John Carter ## [My Favorite Colorado Recommendations](https://senatorhickenlooper.substack.com/p/theres-nothing-quite-like-summer) _2026-08-13 · Senator John Hickenlooper · Senator Hickenlooper's Giddy Up-Date Newsletter_ When I moved to Colorado in the early 1980s, I expected it to be temporary. ## [Data Center Doug wants to “manufacture intelligence” on your public lands](https://westwise.substack.com/p/data-center-doug-wants-to-manufacture) _2026-08-13 · kate groetzinger · Westwise_ Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has spent the past 18 months defending data centers. Now he’s putting them on public lands ## [These Wetlands Treat the Wastewater of a Megacity](https://reasonstobecheerful.world/east-kolkata-wetlands/) _2026-08-13 · Geetanjali Krishna · Reasons to be Cheerful_ On a humid summer afternoon, Gagan Das mixes groundnut and mustard meal in water in a large drum. On either side of him, large ponds reflect the sun. Mango trees laden with fruit, palms heavy with their payload of yellow dates and shady neem trees line the embankments. It is... The post These Wetlands Treat the Wastewater of a Megacity appeared first on Reasons to be Cheerful . ## [The Signs Came Down. The Fight Didn't.](https://www.lovelyparkspeople.com/p/the-signs-came-down-the-fight-didnt) _2026-08-12 · Dr. Stephanie Lovely · Parks People_ Bears Ears lost its federal protections last month, but the coalition that built them isn't backing down. ## [Vaccinate Communities Against Wildfire](https://thewildlifenews.substack.com/p/vaccinate-communities-against-wildfire) _2026-08-12 · The Wildlife News · The Wildlife News_ by George Wuerthner ## [Why National Park wolves need a Sacred Resource Protection Zone](https://westernwatersheds.substack.com/p/why-national-park-wolves-need-a-sacred) _2026-08-12 · Western Watersheds Project · Western Watersheds Project_ An Indigenous-led proposal would protect wolves that cross the invisible boundaries of Yellowstone and Grand Teton, and honor their ecological, cultural, and economic importance. ## [What We’re Reading: New York City’s Summer of Soundwalking](https://reasonstobecheerful.world/what-were-reading-new-york-city-soundwalk-summer/) _2026-08-12 · RTBC Staff · Reasons to be Cheerful_ Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Tell us what you’ve been reading at info@reasonstobecheerful.world and we just might feature it here. Hearing things What does New York City sound like if you really, really listen? For a New York Times story story shared... The post What We’re Reading: New York City’s Summer of Soundwalking appeared first on… ## [Trump's "energy dominance" agenda is only helping oil and gas companies](https://westwise.substack.com/p/trumps-energy-dominance-agenda-is) _2026-08-11 · Lilly Bock-Brownstein · Westwise_ The oil industry just posted some of its best profits in years while Americans pay more at the pump ## [Deadpool Data Dump: The Western water situation is dire](https://www.landdesk.org/p/deadpool-data-dump-the-western-water) _2026-08-11 · Jonathan P. Thompson · The Land Desk_ 💀 Deadpool Data Dump 🌊 ## [The Politics of Wilderness](https://thewildlifenews.substack.com/p/the-politics-of-wilderness) _2026-08-10 · The Wildlife News · The Wildlife News_ by Glenn Parton ## [About Trump’s nominee for Attorney General](https://senatorhickenlooper.substack.com/p/about-trumps-nominee-for-attorney) _2026-08-10 · Senator John Hickenlooper · Senator Hickenlooper's Giddy Up-Date Newsletter_ We need an Attorney General who is loyal to the Constitution – not to President Trump. ## [Can This City Banish Single-Use Coffee Cups?](https://reasonstobecheerful.world/can-this-city-banish-single-use-coffee-cups/) _2026-08-10 · Aishwarya Jagani · Reasons to be Cheerful_ This story has been co-published by Reasons to be Cheerful and the Outrider Foundation. If you line up to get coffee at one of Aarhus University’s many cafeterias, you won’t see a stack of disposable cups as you do at most cafes. Instead, if you want your flat white to go, you’ll be... The post Can This City Banish Single-Use Coffee Cups? appeared first on Reasons to be Cheerful . ## [After the Aspen Acres Fire: The House is Still Here, So Is the Blog](https://www.southernrockiesnatureblog.com/2026/08/after-aspen-acres-fire-house-is-still.html) _2026-08-09 · Chas S. Clifton · Southern Rockies Nature Blog_ Having driven out of the hills and onto the prairie, we stopped for a short break before going on to Pueblo. Where did this blog go? No, I have not quit blogging, but I was a little distracted during the month of July. At around 6 a.m. on June 29, a tree (it is believed) was blown into a power line near the little resort community of San Isabel, on the Custer-Pueblo county line. (Local residents… ## [Watch Federal Contractors Destroy Big Bend National Park](https://ourpubliclandsandwaters.substack.com/p/watch-federal-contractors-destroy) _2026-08-07 · Our Public Lands & Waters · Our Public Lands & Waters_ New images and video footage show the beginning of the end of the Big Bend National Park experience that we've known and cherished for 80+ years ## [New Mexico leaders condemn Trump administration’s attacks on public lands](https://westwise.substack.com/p/new-mexico-leaders-condemn-trump) _2026-08-07 · Lauren Bogard · Westwise_ CWP's 'Keep Parks Public' campaign & road tour records live podcast in Santa Fe ## [Interior allegedly shreds records while Trump installs a Project 2025 author inside its watchdog office](https://westwise.substack.com/p/interior-allegedly-shreds-records) _2026-08-07 · Aaron Weiss · Westwise_ With the inspector general’s independence compromised, Congress is the only oversight left. It should start issuing subpoenas